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VOL. XXXI V. -NIK 9. We hop no Foraker man will hav. the levity to apply the term misfit" to statesman Hanna, If Governor Bushnell appoints Lie tenant Governor Jones to succeed Sher-man, will Jones pay the freight? bushneli. and Jones held a secret session yesterday that lasted (or hours. And the nervousness of the Hannables is not abated. Toe New York World's Caracas correspondent cables that the Venezuelans are fully satisfied with the revised treaty of arbitration with England. . Mayor Bell has always been considered a very keen and level-headed politician. His declination to lead the Republican forlorn hope this spring is significant. Richard R. Kenxey, of Delaware, was sworn in as U. S. senator yesterday. This ends the claim of Fraud Du-pont to tha seat. Kenney is a true silver-side Democrat. The Pittsburg Plate Glass company, which operates nine factories, and is, In fact, a combine, has decided to reduce wages all along the line. Thousands of men are affected. It would relieve the uain on the senatorial situation, slightly, ifPresident-elect McKinlry fchuiiid appoint Congressman Van Voorhis a member of his cabinet. B it wi 1 he do it? Jones first wnt to Cincinnati and saw'Foraker aad Cox; then he hastened to Columbus and wan closeted with Bushnell. There seems to "be something more than mere rumor in that story. ' This week having been passed in casting bouquets Jones of Youngs-town, probably it is understood that Jones should Inaugurate the next week by casting a few posies at Bushnell of Springfield. One of the live questions in New York is whether a man van be a lobbyist and still be honest. And a Philadelphia editor, with long Quay experience, thinks tha the drift of opinion is that he can, but he will be a mighty poor lobbyist. The Cuban question is being held back by certain Republicans in congress. The bill for the recognition of a brave people struggling for liberty has been sandbagged in the senate. The people wili place the responsibility where it belongs. The Democrats of the Illinois house will next week endeavor to pass a bill prohibiting the introduction of the gold clause in notes and mortgages. Representative Common says: "I have received assurances of Republican support for tho bill, and believe that it will pass." A petition has been sent to' Lord Salisbury, headed by the Duke of Westminster, praying that some substitute for gin be devised to serve aa money in the Western coast of Africa where Britain has jurisdiction. Even gold is no good there; nothing will do but gin as a tender for goods. : Great ado is being made over the Bible that McKinley will kiss at the inauguration and over the coat that he will wear at the "function," but George B. Cox doesn't care a snap for these petty details. What George wants to hear is a description of the inuguration razor and pocket knife. It might be cheaper for the taxpayers in the end if the present state Capitol at Columbus should catch fire Und burn down like the Pennsylvania capl-tol, instead of being patched up from year to year at a cost of a million or two, as proposed by the bill passed by the legislature last year. The Lancaster Eagle publishes the program for the next Lancaster Assem bly and Camp meeting and says that "His Majesty, Governor Bushnell, will he there." Others beside MarkHanna will enter a protest against that word "Majesty." In Ohio we don't have any -nis majesty Dusmess even with a little m. -The late Senator Nichols, of St. Clairsville, introduced the law that bears his name, but since the supreme court of the United States has held that the law is good, up jumps Tommy McDougall, of Cincinnati, 'ani claims all the honor of authorship. It isn't a case of "Tommy come tickle me," but of "Tommy.tickles himself." A GOOD many Ohio politicians are in a state of mind just now. If they favor Hanna and McKinley, they will incur the eternal enmity of Foraker, Bushnell and Cox and that means their name is Dennis as far as Ohio pickings are concerned. But if they favor For aker, et al., they end their chances for federal appointments. Men and breth ren, the situation is undoubtedly distressing.We can sympathize with the Times Recorder for jumping on Jones and giving him a good trouncing, for Jones is the fellow who turned down the Mc-Bride libel law last year because he had a grudge against newspapers. ' But we cannot help remembering that when Jones was a Republican candi date for lieutenant-governor the Tunes Recorder held him up as the greatest : and best man on earth and thought that we poor fellows who opposed his election were, ex necessitate rei, not only disloyal to the government but outcasts and pilgarilcs. The Boston Herald has an elaborate editorial on "How to topend Money." The people out this way, however, would be more interested in an editor ial telling them bow to earn money. . . Zanesville . Signal. Up this way it is neither a question of how to Bpend money nor how to earn money' for .many worklngmen, who heard so much last fall about purchasing power of wages being cut in two by restoring silver as standard money. What many of them want to know is ' when and where they will have a chance to earn as much money as they formerly were paid for their leibor.Mantfleltl Shield The Upper Sanduakv f.Tife. th true blue Democratic paper of Wyandot county, is one of the brightest little dailies in the state and deserves the active support not onlv of its partv friends, but of, all the enterprising business men of that community. TH8 bills to prevent corrupt prac tices at elections is meeting with vio lent opposition from certain Republi cans in the West Virginia legislature. Naturally. Looking at the legislators and then at Steve Elkins, every person will repeat the word "naturally." The New York Board of Health has passed a resolution declaring pulmonary tuberculosis a communicable disease, and placing cases of consumption under sanitary rules and regulations to prevent its spread. This marks a long stride in the progress of sanitation. Foxy old John Sherman said on the Boor of the senate chamber that he did not believe the public idea that saloons existed in the capitol was justified. Oh, no: certainly not. John has lived in the capitol for over forty years and if such a thing as a bar existed there he would know, if anybody. i Hanna may not be able to run Foraker, Bushnell and Cox, but don't make sport of Mm and tease him for all that. He la still running the G. O. P. and when the new president enters the White house and the new congress assembles he will crack his whip loud enough to let everybody know who is the ringmaster. Wouldn't tomorrow morning be an excellent time for the T, R, to re-print those interviews with Zanesville citizens fayoring Mark Hanna, the labor crusher, for United States senator? The arti cle would make good Sunday reading for the late interviewed would have a tendency to make them feel solemn and sombre, and, mayhap, might bring them to the stool of repentance. Subscribers of Republican papers are begining to rebel against the scheme of the editors to cut out all news relating to tho business condition of the country. They think they are entitled to this service, in-as-much-as the prin cipal news of the past two months has related to mammoth buf iness collap&s. They think if they are compelled to buy Democratic newspapers in order to get the news, they might as well drop the Republican organ altogether. A prominent Republican of the western part of Licking county, save the Advocate, remarked to a Democrat the other day: "Well, Brvan was elected." "How's that?" remarked the Democrat. "Why, haven't you seen it in the newspapers that Bryan is elected?" "No; I don't believe I noticed that," replied the Democrat. "Wasn't it predicted that if Bryan were elected there would be failures and business disasters all over- the country?.. .It's come, and Bryan must have 'been elected." All our country friends should come to town Thursday and Friday, if they want to see the greatest show on earth the meeting of the Republican league clubs admission free. Neither Bar-num, nor Bailey, nor Forepaugii, nor old Dan Rice himself could conceive an entertainment more grotesquely funny than this one in which Forakerand Cox will hug and kiss McKinley and Sherman, and Bushnell will fall all over Mark Hanna. tt will be touching to witness how these brethren love one another. The Guernsey Tinm, the Republican organ of old Guernsey, speaks rather lightly of the nomination of Congressman Van Voorhis for United States senator. It says: "Our old friend Cooley has evolved a candidate tor senator to meet the exigencies of the time and political turmoil, to allay the troubled waters and calm the storm, in Congressman Henry Clay Van Voorhis, of Zanesville. The Times Recorder savs, to avoid levity, that the Noble County Republican really means this suggestion of an announcement to take the place of Mark Hanna, Governor Foster, General Grosvenor, General Jones and such, but promptly declines for Mr. Van Voorhis anything like an entertainment of the proposition." Secretary of State Kinney states that the total amount of property placed on the tax duplicates in the counties of the state last year through the efforts of tax inquisitors was $11,968,; 965.20. The amount of taxes realized on this was $327,859.78, and the total compensation to the Inquisitors for services was $64,993.78. One half of the counties in the state has no inquisitors, and therefore it is safe to assume that these counties escaped paying about $327,800 taxes that are legally due The inquisitor law should be rigidly enforced in every county, or should be repealed. It is unfair to offer a prem ium for tax dodgers in half the counties and hunt them down like criminals in the other half. The Cincinnati Enquirer makes the very timely and truthful remark that the farmers are the men who need at tention. That they have not been per manently benefited by previous high tariffs is shown by the fact that their incomes are cut down to the lowest notch and their farms mortgaged Where are the wealthy farmers? How many Ohio agriculturists can be accounted rich by the standard oi wuaitn in the cities? It is the manufacturing, mercantile and speculative elements that have been able to bridge over the hard times without being pinched or "hard up, Under stimulation they were enabled to make money rapidly and lay up a store for a rainy day. They can "shutdown" their establishments, leaving an army of employes to do the best tney can, but live in luxury themselves. The farmer, though, as well as the men who work in mills and factories, comes to a standstill with nothing to signify ahead How shall we reach the case of the farmers, the mechanics and the work lngmen? Can we accomplish anything for them by simply stimulating manu facture by raising the duty on Imports and advancing the price of goods "to those who have nothing to pay with? Can this be of enduring benefit, even tome manuiacturersr ZA Hanna admits that It is all "off" with him so far as the senatorship is concerned. But probably McKinley will try to spite the Foraker-Bushnel! people by giving Marky, old boy. some soft-snap office. This was what brought Mark down to Canton, posthaste, yesterday. He feems a trifle anxious, for a Warwick. There is the smell of war down in Nelronville. The term of the present postmaster expires in April and the candidates have been hot on the trail of the office ever since the election. The fight finally narrowed down to two candidates, Mr. L. Scott, an old veteran, who served his country well throughout the late war, and James Shepard, a young man who is manager of one of the stores of that city. The Athens Journal says that the old sol diers, patrons of the office, asked recognition and they had every reason to expect that one who had so frequent ly expressed himself as friendly to the soldier and to his wishes, as had General Grosvenor, would grant their request. Delegation afte delegation of soldiers and prominent business men visited General Grosvenor before his recent return to Washington, in the interest of the soldier candidate. The General, sniffing the battle from afar, tried t postpone action until after the coming spring primaries, but they would not have it so. They demanded a selection upon the merits of their candidate and upon their rightful claims upon the Republican pa-ty, regardless of what effect the selection might have upon the chances of certain candidates at the comincr spriner pri maries. Forced to the wall the "Big General" has made his selection and Mr. Scott, the tried and true veteran, is turned down and Mr. Shepard, the boy who has never rendered the party any services, will receive the appointment. The members of the G. A. R. at Nel-sonville, many of whom belonged to General Grosvenor's regiment, are rightfully indignant at the selection. Thus is the love of the Republican party for the old soldier again made manifest. SIAM NEEDS A LICKIII'. Gross Outrage to an American Citizen. OUE VICE CONSUL IS ATTACKED, Surrounded by an . Anery Crowd of Siamese Soldiers Who Attacked Him With the Butt End of Their Guns Some Even Cocked Their Loaded Rifles Cause of the Present Complications. New "Vork, Feb. 5. The World prints the following details of the at tack made upon Vice Consul General Kellett by Siamese soldiers, which has resulted in complications between Siam and IfteTrmtedTSiates: BANGKOK, Siam, Dec,"23T ATStxer from Chiengmae, 500 miles from here, in northern Siam dated November 22, says that place was then in a state of wild excitement over an attack three days before on Mr. Kellett, the United States vice consul, temporarily located there on business connected with the settlement of the Cheek estate. Mr. Kellett sent the consular clerk, Nal Sye, a very intelligent and trust worthy native, to the postoffice about 7 p. m. November 19, with letters. Nal Sye carried an ordinary walking stick, while a servant carried a lantern. No sooner had the two servants ar rived opposite the barracks than i al Sye was roughly accosted by some Siamese soldiers, seized and taken into the barracks. The offense for which the clerk was arrested was that of carrying a stick in alleged contravention of local laws. The consular cleric protested and called attention to the fact that he was a consular servant, and that his stick was a small, ordinary walking cane. These appeals were disregarded. Mr. zurcner, or Bent & uo.. who is on a business trip into the North, was passing the barracks and heard uncomplimentary remarks about the "con-soon Americain." Mr. Zurcher was on his way to dine with Mr. Kellett and the Rev. Wm. Harris. Scarcely had dinner begun when the servant who carried the lantern arrived and told of the arrest of Nal Sye. Messrs. Kellett, Harris and Zurcher immediately went bacKtothe barracks, wnere air. Kenett demanded to know the cause of the arrest, and asked that the man be set at liberty, and that his cane should be returned to him. He was rudely refused, when all the party walked out, followed by Nal Sye. a lew yards irom the station the party was surrounded by an anerv crowd of Siamese soldiers, some of whom without parley or the least warning attacked Mr. Kellett with the butt end of their guns, while others brought their bayonets to the "charge" ana cocsea tneir loaded rifles. Mr. Kellett stood with his back to a wall, doing what he could to defend himself. But seeing the hopelessness oi tne situation ana tearing bloodshed ne retired as oest ne could, accompanied by Messrs. Harris and Zurcher. These gentlemen had not been threat ened or attacked, the soldiers devoting an tneir energies to Air. fieiiett. JNal Sye was carried back to orison. amid great reioiciner and filthv ex pressions of contempt directed against tne "farangi" in general ana the "con-soon Americain" in particular. Later in the evening the Siamese commissioner ordered Nal Sye released, and sent a servant to inquire after Mr. Keilett's injuries. Mr. Kellett returned word to the commissioner that before receiving instructions from Minister Barrett at Bangkok he could enter upon no negotiations with regard to the insult and injury to him. No motive for the attack is known, but it is surmised that the long pending Cheek case has stirred up native animosity in the north, and that in this instance it was vented upon the American vice consul. FRAUDULENT BOOKS, Pretending That Bryan is the Authur, are Enjoined From Publication. Chicago, Feb. 5. The "Bryan book" injunction was disposed of by Judge Horton yesterday in favor of V W. ts. uoiceyoj uo. The court Issued a restraining order against the Hubbard Publishing company and the : Dominion Publishing company, preventing them from publishing any book which would tend to show by its apoearance that the author of it is W. J. Bryan or eonvevine that impression. Th nnupt. held that the manner in which the de fendants bad prepared the title page of "The Great Battle for Free Silver" tended to deceive the nuhlln into ho. lleving that Mr. Bryan was the author ui we world N ESVILIiE, OHIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1897. FRESH LOUDON NEWS. How the World Wags in the Greatest City. ME. WOLOOTT'S ERRATIC ERRAND The D I Hon-H paly Squabbles Excite Contempt London to be Fortified Against Inraaion Retirement of Pauncefote Sanitary Conference on the Bnbonie Plague Socialists Will Have a Demonstration.London, Feb, 6. The effect of Sen-; ator Wolcott's mission in the interests of bimetallism will only be known after his return to Washington from Europe. The active bimetal'Ists in parliament whom Mr. Wolcott has seen hold that the initiative for a nominal international conference should be taken by the United States government and that the conference should meet in Washington. The leaders of the British Bimetallic TinloC have been in communication with the' chiefs of the German league who would approve the Initial American actios. The British government would undoubtedly send representatives to Washington. The Idea of a fresh conference at Brussels finds no favor in English monetary circles. The last conference held there was "botched." It is feared that if another were held there it would have a precedent in futility which would not "pertain to a Washington conference. The Dillon-Healy squabbles continue to excite tha contempt ofConservatives and Liberals alike. The balance of opinion among the Liberals, blames Mr. Dillon, Mr. Blake and Mr. Davitt as having indiscreetly handled the Healyite trouble, especially as regards the resolution touching the payment of poor members of the party. Mere onlookers whose sympathies are with Ireland and home rule, concur as to the utter absurdity of these brawls at a time when the whole Irish fighting force should be concentrated on forcing the financial questions to wards satisfactory solution London Is to be fortified against possible invasion by forces landing on the southern coast. Tbe plan of fort works dates as far back as the time of the Duke of Wellington, but has been revived by Lord Wolsey and other military authorities and adapted to the changes of modern warfare. The military works bill provide? for the construction of a chain of fort works from the southern Downs to the Heights on the south of London, on which the Crystal palace is a conspicuous object. The scheme includes barracks and other military works. The cost, which will be something formidable for the treasury to face, will be met by advances from the consolidated fund, to be repaid by installments extending over twenty years. - The retirement of Sir Julian Pauncefote from the Washington embaRsv and rrom the diplomatic- service win v Itnlrg r'T-i- itil thn Vrtrfimf inn arbi tration reaches a more definite shape. and the last possible difficulties in the way of acceptance of the general arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States are over. The removal of Sir Philip .Currie from the British embassy at Constantinople at an early period is -certain. It is no secret that Lord Salisbury is dissatisfied with Sir Philip and that the cabinet would concur in his transfer to some other post. A highly placed prominent official of the foreign office told a United Associated Presses reporter today that the Currie difficulty had been under consideration for -some time. If a social envoy were sent, as proposed, to assist to place him in the enormously important diplomatic struggle at Constantinople, Sir Philip would resign and retire. Lord Salisbury has a warm personal regard for him dating back to the time when Sir Philip was permanent secretary of the foreign office. He wishes htm to continue in the diplomatic service, but it is difficult to replace him after he has held a leading ambassadorship. The sanitary conference on the bubonic plague which opens at Venice next Friday will not find the British government in agreement with a majority of the delegates as to the necessity of international precautions to prevent the extension of the plague. The British government has done nothing yet to check its possible appearance in Great Britain beyond ordering that all ports having traffic with India be visited by special sanitary inspectors. No measures of quarantine have been taken and goods can generally be exported from Bombay and Kurachee without hindrance or inspection. Relying upon the climatic condition of England, which are supposed to be unfavorable to a plague epidemic, the British authorities do not in tbe least share in the European scare. The attitude to be taken by the English delegates to the conference can be forecasted from several official utterances here. It will be summed up in contending that the measures to check the spread of the epidemic in India are perfect as can be, and that the best protection against the epidemic afflicting tiurope will be greater attention to cleanliness at the ports and among the people of Europe. Put plainly, the English delegatas will say: "Your quarantine proposals are useless. Get clean and plague will not attack you." The notorious state of Italian towns, dirty habits of the people, the Ulthiness oi iiussians, and the defects of sanitarv conditions in Russian, Austrian and even French centers as compared with tne tungusn will give point to the Ene iish contention. : Spasmodic sanitary efforts were made at the time of the last choleric visitation in Germany, Italy and other continental countries, uub move men tne international regulations have been generally ignored. The council of the Socialist Democratic federation are arranging a popular demonstration over the Indian famine funds scandals. There really seems to be a consnlracv of silencn on the part of the leading London papers icpmuiug tun misappropriation or tne vast sum. estimated at 17,000,000 sterl ing:, raised bv additional taxation in India to provide for the inevitable recurring famines. A circular issued by the bocialist council points out that this famine fund was started on the hypothesis that very ten years 15,-000,000 sterling would be required to relieve a famine; that the population of India has increased in the last ten years by 30, 000,000; that the huge sum of suu,ouo,oou rupees is now paid annually to English officials, mllitarv and civil ian; that the appreciation of gold and the depreciation of silver, with the stoppage of the coining of silver at the mints have involved the population in common ruin, ana that English greed ana misruie is tne cause oi the famines The queen, through her private sec retary, air Aiirea m ergs, has written to the mayor of Sheffield announcing her Intention to open the town ball there sin person in Mav next. This fact should disprove the wild rumors about the physical and mental proa- urauua ui uar majesty. POME FRICTION Between arson and Keno Over the Location for the Bi Fight. Caksox, Nev., Feb. 6. Considerable friction is being engenered over the riva ry between Carson and Reno as the nlaea far t.h hitr firrt. Tfcn rw. ' - son people weretf'ie ones who engineered the scheme ofSoyly and the bill was passsed f& the understanding that the capital was the spot to be selected. The Reno people fought the proposition tooth and nail. Their preachers pronounced against it from the pulpit and numerous nntitinna van oinn there against the bill. Now tbat the uiu it) passea iteno is more than anxious tO nrnfir, hv le (rial nn looming that the principals declined to fight at au aiiiituue oi o,wv reet, are now insisting on Carson and vowing that any de-Dartnre from thAnrlo-tnul m-niri-am win result in the repeal of the bill. xne sentiment hare is that there is no necossity of Siuart fooling about for a valuable franchise from Nevada and it has practically - cost him nothing. He can, therefore, well afford to pull intention, and monkeying with bids trom nvai towns is nicely to prove dangerous. - now being raised really emanated from some lODoytsts wno want Stuart to "come to the center" a little more, and thpv hftvA fitai-tjaH trio t.m,Klu fn PanA Whatever friction now exists will be all over when Btuart arrives, and he will reach here Sunday or Monday. A day or two later the place of the meeting will be given to the press. Mr. Cook, an agent for Corbett, has reached Steamboat Springs and aaade arrangement!) fnr Pnr)wtt. m nnma t)wn and train. THREE KILLED n a Bandit's Bald on an Indian Agmcf. . GrrrwRTip.. flit: T TVV, K & nnn.Af hand i La at.tAmntArl is i-a.rl t.Via DtAnaA - . vw Qinfio and government offices at Sac and ; Fox . i . . a ..... a . . geuuy, weunesaay, ana tnree men-, including OflnArftl Thnmaa. tha Tnrllwn agent, were shot and killed. The same report is prevalent at Shawnee, the nearest telegraph station to the agency, but no definite particulars can be obtained. General Thomas is from Atlanta, ua.. . OHIO MURDER TRIALS. Keister Found Guilty at Ash-land, Ohio. EVAKS ACQUITTED AT NEWARK. Two Celebrated Cases That Have Attracted Widespread Attention Verdict Against Keister of First Degree MurderEvans, Who Shot and Killed a Neighbor Who Was Engaged in a Charivari at Bis Daughter's Wedding, Mas Been Set Free. ASHLAND, O., Feb. 6. The Keister murder case went to -the jury at 7.30 o'clock last night and at 4 o'clock this morning returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. Elias Keister, on Bhot and instantly killed Horace Stearnes, a wealthy citizen of Perry-ville, while the latter was passing Keister's house, The trouble arose from a law suit. Evans Acquitted. Newark, O., Feb. 6. After deliber ating three hours and forty minutes the jury which tried P. Bryon Evans, the Utica blacksmith, for murder, returned a verdict of acquittal at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The court room was packed, and when Clerk Ewing read the result a mighty shout of ap probation went up from the crowd. First thanking his attorneys, ex- Judge S. M. Hunter and B. G. Smythe, Mr. Evans walked to the jury box and shook hands with each juryman. Six ballots were taken, the first one stand ing nine for acquittal and three for second degree murder. The fifth bal lot stood eleven for acquittal and one manslaughter. Jivans was tried for shootins James Arrington, who was a member of the crowd that "horned" his daughter up on ner marriage to wiiiiamLiayton in Utica last June. The case lasted fifteen days, and Involves $3,500. There were lw witnesses. FATALLY BURNED. Young Girl's Clothing Ignites While Working About a Kitchen Bange. New Stkaitsville. O . Feb. 5. Miss Lucy, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Edwards, was fatally burned yesterday while removing some meat from the range. Her clothing caught fire and so badly frightened her that she ran out of the house and was so badly burned before assistance could be rendered that she died from the effects of her injuries. JOHN L-'S BILL Will Probably Be Paid By His .- Friends. Boston, Feb, 5. The "poor debtor ease against John L. Sullivan, post poned until today, win probably never come to trial, as it is said his friends will settle the suit out of court. The trouble grew out of a florist's bill for Vdou which John L. owed, and when pressed for payment applied for the poor aeotor's oatn. A HIGH HONOR. Bryan Receives an Unanimous Invitation From the Oklahoma Legislature. Guthrie. O. T.. Feb. 5. The lee-is- lature has unanimously adopted a reso lution inviting wm. J. Bryan toad-dress tbe assembly in joint session on the initiative and referendum bill re cently introduced. An unfavorable report was presented on the woman suf frage bill. Lively limes In Mangnm. Gutrhie, O. T., Feb. 5. Indications of serious trouble at Mangum, Greer county, are apparent. A bill recently passed caused a grand rush and every lot not occupied by buildings was "junipeu-- ana is Deing neia down by men with Winchesters and Bix shooters. while the original claimants who laid out the town under the laws of Texas are malting ugly threats. Heavy Express Bobbery. St. Louis, Feb. 5. A special from Durango, Mexico, says two bars of refine i silver, valued at 910,000 were stolen yesterday from the office of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express office in that city, Employes claim that they were stolen while the office was closed. There is o clue to the robbers. Senator .George's Condition. Washington, Feb. 6 Senator CvfiorffA'a nhvalolana nmnAnnM kn. f. . r wwvumiv iiuuir patient so much improved thai he is BAueurou kw wavtt iur ni nome in Mississippi next week. Ill A DRENCHING RAIN Major McKinley Took the Train For Wooster, - WHEEE HE MET MBS, M'KINLEY On Her Way Home From Chicago Bis A ppearance at Wooster Was Planned as a Surprise to Hi ft Ife Returned to Canton This Afternoon Sherman Has No Idea of reclining Cabinet Honors. Canton, O., Feb. 6. Major Mc Kinley left home in a drenching raid at 10:30 this morning and took the westbound train for Woos ter, a point about thirty miles from here, where he will meet the Chicago train to which is attached a private car in which Mrs. McKinley accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Barber, and Cap tain H. G. HeiBtand, are returning to Canton. Major McKinley 's appearance at Wooster was planned as a surprise for his wife and she will know nothing of it till he enters her car. Mr. and Mrs. McKinlev reached Can- ton at half past one, and she enjoyed excellent health while in Chicago, and was much benefitted by her trip. Neither Major or Mrs. McKinley ex pect to leave Canton until they set out for Washington on the evening of March 1st. Mr. Pruden. theexecutive clerk, who has been for many years at the White House, called on Major McKinley this morning and had a talk with him and with Private Secretary Porter. The rumor that Senator Sherman thinks of declining to go into Major McKinley's cabinet and that he will remain in the senate, is said upon excellent authority, to be without foundation.Major McKinley and Mr. Sherman are on the best of terms and are exchanging letters frequently upon matters of business and policy connected witn tne next administration. Word has iust reached Canton from Judge Goff that he cannot enter McKinley's cabinet. ROMAN ORGIES Outrivaled by Recent Doings in New York Society. New York, Feb. 5. A London cable to the Journal says that Mr. La- bouchere has the following to say in today's issue of Truth: "No one is a heartier admirer of Americans than I am, but If they were to be judged by New York's society a more corrupt and contemptible crew never played their pranks before high heaven. In the main, New York society seems to be composed of very rich men who are desirous of parodying the worst features of the exclusives in European capitals. They compete with each other in contests of ostentation, and the man who can spend the most money at an entertainment is deemed for the nonce to be the leader. "Judging from revelations that have been disclosed at a recent trial the New York jeunesse dorce is not satisfied with aping European society in his vulgarest aspects; if seems to go back to the orgies that di.-graced Rome under the rule of the vilest of its em perors." ANXiOUSL v Ex-President Harrison's Family Awaiting an Important Event. Indianapolis, Tnd., Feb. 5. Mrs. Parker, the only sister of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, has arrived at the North Delaware street mansion, to remain until after an important event, which may not be delayed many more days. Mrs. Barmuth, a trained nurse who attended Mr9. McKee in 1888, when Baby Mc-Kee became a member of the Harrison homestead, is also in constant attendance. Mrs. Harrison's general health is excellent, and her physical condition is superb. Both Mrs. Harrison and the ex-president take daily walks in the vicinity of their home, and it is remarked that the general never appeared in better health. It may be said that his finances were never more prosperous, as he recently paid 833.000 cash for a business block on North Pennsylvania street. t MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS-Excitement at the Opening of the Greek Chamber of Deputies. ATWKNS. Vpih. ThA flnnr anrl o-al. leries. of the chamber of deputies were fillArl with mamrlAra nrtrl anarrtalAo when that body was called to order today and intense excitement pie vailed. C 13 . ..... n -. , ooverai ueputies at onceouered resolutions ral lint n tinn t.ha ffAvai-nmont actively intervene in Crete without de- in uiucr mail lurmer massacres OI christians in that island might be prevented.Hpfimiftf rialvannlo MnllaH t.haf V.a foreign office had received dispatches confirming the - renorta ; that. the city of Canea was in flames and that manv hfiatio.na iliam had been killed and assured the chamber that the government would do their duty In the matter. "FIGHTING" JO SHELBY. The Noted Confederate General Dying at His Home in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 6. General Jo Shelby, "Fighting Jo," the noted confederate general and United States marshal for the western district of Missouri, is said to be dying on his farm near Adrian, Mo. He has been suffering some days with pneumonia, which has developed into typho-pneumonia fever and late last night his condition became critical. Doctors have been summoned from Kansas City and the brothers of the general have gone to his bedside. He was major general in the confederate service during the rebellion. ELOPING COUPLE Caught in Indianapolis and Fined From Columbus, Ohio. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 6. Jacob RnmiftV and Mn Trio, nnffmon eloping couple from Columbus, Ohio, were arresteu nere tooay on an affidavit sworn out by the husband of the woman. They were neighbors in Columbus and left tbat city together a few days ago. They were fined this morn-ing, before a justice of the peace. The woman paid her fine but Komick went to jail, Huffman, In court, refused to take his wife back. THROUGH THE HEART. A Village Clerk Commits Snicide When Discovered Short in Hi Accounts. Allegan, Mich., Feb. 6. Edward J. Wagner, village clerk, shot- himself through the heart at 7:30 o'clock this morning in his office. He used a shot gun, tying a string to the trigger. Wagner was short in his acoounts with the village and was under surveillance. He was also finance keeper for the local lodge of the A. O. U. W., and he is also said to be short in his accounts with that order. Engineer Hurt. Corning, O., Feb. 5. Two light engines on the Toledo and Ohio Central collided one and one half miles north of here yesterday seriously injuring Engineer Burns. THE BAD LITTLE BOY. His 8ad Sunday School Experience and the Warning He Gave. This is a story of a touph young street rab who had been induced to attend the mission Sunilay school. He was taken up to the front seat, and beyond kicking his neighbors on either side, pulling the hair of a little girl as she stood np to rocita and expectorating at a cockroach which was hastening across the floor he had behaved fairly well. Finally, in order to get some sort of an idea of what the boy knew, the iweet faced girl teacher asked him tt he had ever heard of God. "Sit." "Dearme, has no one ever talked of God with you?" "G'wan, now! Itoldyerno." "How many gods are there?" It was a chance, and he took it, hoping to make a lucky guess. "Two," he snarled, and the other children tittered. "Oh, no, little boy; you are wrong," said the teacher. "Well, den, dere's four." The children laughed aloud, and the teacher looked stern. She started to oorrect his impression when he let forth such a torrent of profanity that every one was horrified. He engaged in combat with the nearest boy for laughing at him, and the result was that he was finally put out of the building somewhat the worse for the encounter. Progressing up the street, he met a good little, boy who was on his way to the mission. "Say, kid, w'ere yer goln?" he asked. "To the mission Sunday school," faltered the good boy as he tried to pass. "Jest ans'er me dis one question: How many gods is dey?" : "One," responded the good hoy. "Oh, say, yer are easy. Take me advice an go home. I went up against dat game, an I told dem dere was four, an dey beat me nearly to deaf an trnn me out. If yer go up dere wit' only yer little one, dey won't do a t'ing to yer but kill yer- Take me advice, pard, an go home. I've been up ag'in dat game, an dere's nottia la it See?" Chicago Times-Herald THE WRONG GIRL. She Besented His Insisting Upon Going Out Between the Acts. It did not take place In the city of Washington, because no man in Washington leaves a lady alone while he goes out between the sots at a theater unless it be his wife, and, of course, that doesn't count. But it did occur, and the man in the case was perhaps SO, the girl S3, and tbe theater was one in which the melodrama has its home. The girl was pretty, and there was that kind of a jaw hedging the lower part of her rosy cheeks that ougnt to have been a hint to tbe young man. The young man was a very fair sample of the average chap who makes 11,200 to f 1,600 a year. . Between them and the aisle sat a big man of 50 with his wife and two daughters, and the big man had a voice bigger than he waa When tbe curtain Went down on the first act, there was a slight scrap between the couple, which ended in the young man not going out between tbe first and second acts because tbe wait was short and he hadn't time to argue. The girl's cheeks were redder than before when the curtain went np, and the set of hei jaw was firmer. . At the next fall of the curtain there was a slight scrap again, which ended this time in the young man dragging himself over four people and leaving the girl to sit alone until be was read; to come back to her. Two minutes later the girl dragged her self after him, over tbe same four people. But she stopped in the aisle long enough to sav orretbice..to the big man with the nvo qaugntwrs. xuen ene msappearea. --It was a long wait, and just as1 the curtain started up tbe young man hurried down the aisle, and was about todrag himself over four people when the big man called his attention to the vacancy which had occurred during his absence. The young man's jaw dropped, and be actually grew red in the face. The big man handed him a ring with a bright little diamond glistening in it. "She gave me that and told me to give it to you, " he said, with a menace in his tone as he looked over at his own girls, "and she said if yon ever came to her house again or spoke to ber her father would thrash you as you deserved. " Tbe young man was paralyzed. "And I want to say," added 'the big party, "that if the old man ain't able to do it, be can call on me." Then he let the young man go, and the way he went was a caution to a flying machine. Washington Star. A CAUTIOUS WIDDER. 6he Wauled to Be Hospitable, but She Also Wanted Jim. Dark had just settled over the Ozark when the writer rode np to a shanty and dismounting rapped on the door. A woman soon made her appearance and in a harsh voioe asked what was wanted. "Can I get lodgings for the night, ma'am?" "Who be ye?" "A traveler on his way to JonesvUle." "All alone?" "Yes." "Bide up a leetle clnsser and lemme see what sort of a lookin critter yo' are. Might be better, and might be wuss. At' ye a married man?" "Tes'm." "That settles itt Stranger, I don't think I kin take ye in." "Is your husband away?" "I'm a widder with three children, sir. It's five miles to the next shanty, and it'B a dork night and goin to rain purty soon, but a woman has got to look out fur herself out yere." "Why, ma'am, I hope you are not afraid of me?" I protested. , "Not the least mite, stranger, nor of any other human critter on legs. This ar the sitnashun : Jim Conover has bin spark-In me fur three months. This is one of his nights fur coruin. He may pop, and he may not, but if he finds a stranger in the house he may marry the Widder Jones. I'm a-doin my best to git him, and I don't want no accident to happen." "Couldn't you stow me away In the garret?""Hain't got no garret, sir." "Only two rooms in the house?" "That's all. Even if ye was asleep ye might git to snorin, and Jim would be steered off. Ye kin see the fix, stranger?" "Yes, and I will ride on. I shouldn't want to come between you and, your chance." "That's good of ye, sir. I want to show hospitality, and yit I want to git another husband. See?" "I do. Give me a light for my pipe, and I will go on, and if I meet Jim I'll" "Jest say that ye stopped at the Widder Jenner'a to ask the way, and that ye wonder why 40 differei i men hain't crazy to marry her. That's it Ye know yer gait, and now scoot before Jim shows up." Detroit Free Press. He Could. Mr, Boresome Can I see Miss Meanlt-all? Is she in? Servant No, sir. Mr. Boresome Why, I can see he at the window. Servant (desperately) Oh, well. If you oan see ber, I suppose you can sea her. New York Journal. Lasting Joy. Perry Patettic Tbey say one of them champagne drunks will Inst a man three or four day on one night's drlnkin. Wayworn Watson Them plutocrats always does have tbe best of it, don't they? Cincinnati Enquirer. A Useful Bala. "They say it oalms tha mind to let tha eye rest on the distent horiaon." "That's a fact. When I see a man to whom I owe money, It always quiets me to look steadily Into tho distanoe' . Chloaco Baoord. FIRST EDITION. mxmm Absolutely ; Pure Celebrated for its (Treat leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food asrainst alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. BOYAL BAKING POW-DEK CO.. NLW YOKK. DOWN AH EMBAHKMEHT Went This Baltimore and Ohio Freight Train, E3TGIBEEB AND FIEEMAH KILLED, The Former Instantly and the Latter Brine Four Hours Later While One Train Was Trying to Make a Biding- Another Dashed Around a Short Curve and Ploughed Into the Bear of the First. Parkersburg, W. Va.. Feb. 6. A freight train on the B. & O. railroad was wrecked at Davisville, eight miles east of here, this morning. John Richardson, engineer, of Parkersburg, was instantly killed, and Fireman Hughltt was so badly hurt that he died While another freieht train was trv. ing to make a siding the second one on wmcn Hicnardson and Husrhitt warn. came around a short curve and plough ed into the rear end of the first train. The engine jumped the track and went aown an embankment. Live Stock Markets. ; : - Union Stock Vjhtm Tlia pvk e Cattle receipts 400; market steady! Fair to best beeves, 3.70(i4 75; stock- era Bna 'ieeoers. j.zaias-i.z : mirsrt cows and bulls. tl.70f)it-i nn- Tor.. nogs uoceipts 14,000; estimated for Mondav 37.000: murtrpt stparl $3.15; mixed and butchers, $3.253.45; neavy pacKing ana snipping, I3.20((? $3.45; pigs 83.203.50.' Sheep Receipts, 4,000; market steady. Native, 82. 50(3!$4 00: western, 3.25$3.85; lambs, $3.50S5.00. r least Liberty. East Liberty, Pa., Feb. 6. Cattle Steady; prime $4.75$4.0; feeders 83.60$4.00; bulls, stags and cows $2.00 $3.60. Hogs Active: sales 5c higher; prime medium $3.70$3.75; pigs and best Yorkers $3 65fe$3.70; heavy $3.45fd $3.55; rough $3.25$3.35. Sheen Aftier ;OH-j!ii eJ-ouSi-lu; prime natives $4.1iJia44.2o; common. K2.5ni7Sfta9.n- nkni $5.00$5.20; veal calves $6.O0$6.5O. ' British Steamer Lost. Lisbon, Feb. 5. The British steamer Onega inpassing Peniche, Portugal, today signalled that the Rritlfih RtAAmaf Clit.w nt A srM rA-s- Lyaereen, bound from Liverpool for Calcutta, had been lost at sea and that her caotain was im hnnrrl tha rtr.n. No mention was made of the City of niru-e. lue vjity oi Agra was an iron screw steamer of 3,274 gross ton-naere. She waa hnilf. t. Riurn.. 1879 and was owned bv tha- nit ! (G. Smith & Sons) of Glasgow. ouo i n AncsviL.LE Sick People Personals Had Their Pic ture "Took" Purchased Property. N. J. C. Bo war ville to visit his son, Professor Bowers. A number from hni-A attonrlori h. funeral of Colonel H. D. Munson. at -7 : 1 - mi i ' Muravuuj, iiiursuay aiternoon. Messrs. Walte Ttnarara ..j.tH Gilkison were in Zanesville Friday. iiss Aiue Moiiiniey, of Byesville, is the truest of Samuel Lncran and fan.. . ily. Miss Bessie Williams and Maud Nel son, of Deavertown, are visiting at George Conn's. : ihe Kohler spoke factor v Is doing a lartre business. Thevshi daily. " Mrs. Estella Gaylord was called to McConnelsvilln a fnw count of the serious illness nf hAi hna. band. r - .f . rT- WAAflnn is rmmA fa V-t h.vuu uuiu a yusi ness trip to McConnelsville. , Miss Ida Warns, nf thn nary, visited her parents here Thursday.Mrs. Lena Duesen berry spent Wednesday with Zanesville friends. Fred Dugan has accepted a position at Kemp's drug store, on Putnam avenue, in Zanesville. Mrs. Dickerson. of Zannoviiia t,a. purchased the Friend -' property, on Shawnee avenue. She will move hem before long. Charlnv F.i-.hnlrmi-r-ir wifa anA ter, May, are the guests of McDonald 11 1CUU8. ': J Thn ar.hnol fihilriron Viom k.J it,.i. - - v 4l UilC nr photographs taken Wiiiniai Zanesville artist. M. B. Fisher is able to be on d,,, a?ain at Kimble's hnnt ' wnnri after a serious Illness. John Roberts and B. A. Warne are making some extensive repairs at F. S. Carne's store building. J. L. Sumers waa calling on friends here Thursday. Mrs. trans Taylor is quite ill of pneumonia. . PMILO. The tittle Polks Have a Party moved to Cambridge Visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Silaa Pllrla i . -wi lied quite a number of little folks last iuursuaj evening m conor of their-son Ed par's ninth hirthriav a enjoyable evening was spent by the little ones. Refreshments were served. iiss matua nenaereon, a teacher in the boys' Industrial school at Lancaster, visited relatives hnra . vui Ul.ur day until Monday. -. wincneu nas moved to Cambridge.Henry Krier has returned from Zanesville, where he has been em- iuyou iur uie past jew months. Miss Marv TtasK. nf 7..3.ni. . . - - unuoovA.xo, returned to her home Monday, after a "jut iruiuus cere. J. J. Kaaanil has K&i. :... past week. He is yet unable to be at Mrs. MrKinley Starts Home. Chicago, Feb, 6. Mrs. Wm. McKinley left for her home last night. Captain Heistand came from Canton yesterday to escort her home. Accompanied by Mrs. Baker, her sister, and Captain Heistand, Mrs. McKinlev left over the Pennsylvania road. A private car had been assigned to the use of the Prt.

VOL. XXXI V. -NIK 9. We hop no Foraker man will hav. the levity to apply the term misfit" to statesman Hanna, If Governor Bushnell appoints Lie tenant Governor Jones to succeed Sher-man, will Jones pay the freight? bushneli. and Jones held a secret session yesterday that lasted (or hours. And the nervousness of the Hannables is not abated. Toe New York World's Caracas correspondent cables that the Venezuelans are fully satisfied with the revised treaty of arbitration with England. . Mayor Bell has always been considered a very keen and level-headed politician. His declination to lead the Republican forlorn hope this spring is significant. Richard R. Kenxey, of Delaware, was sworn in as U. S. senator yesterday. This ends the claim of Fraud Du-pont to tha seat. Kenney is a true silver-side Democrat. The Pittsburg Plate Glass company, which operates nine factories, and is, In fact, a combine, has decided to reduce wages all along the line. Thousands of men are affected. It would relieve the uain on the senatorial situation, slightly, ifPresident-elect McKinlry fchuiiid appoint Congressman Van Voorhis a member of his cabinet. B it wi 1 he do it? Jones first wnt to Cincinnati and saw'Foraker aad Cox; then he hastened to Columbus and wan closeted with Bushnell. There seems to "be something more than mere rumor in that story. ' This week having been passed in casting bouquets Jones of Youngs-town, probably it is understood that Jones should Inaugurate the next week by casting a few posies at Bushnell of Springfield. One of the live questions in New York is whether a man van be a lobbyist and still be honest. And a Philadelphia editor, with long Quay experience, thinks tha the drift of opinion is that he can, but he will be a mighty poor lobbyist. The Cuban question is being held back by certain Republicans in congress. The bill for the recognition of a brave people struggling for liberty has been sandbagged in the senate. The people wili place the responsibility where it belongs. The Democrats of the Illinois house will next week endeavor to pass a bill prohibiting the introduction of the gold clause in notes and mortgages. Representative Common says: "I have received assurances of Republican support for tho bill, and believe that it will pass." A petition has been sent to' Lord Salisbury, headed by the Duke of Westminster, praying that some substitute for gin be devised to serve aa money in the Western coast of Africa where Britain has jurisdiction. Even gold is no good there; nothing will do but gin as a tender for goods. : Great ado is being made over the Bible that McKinley will kiss at the inauguration and over the coat that he will wear at the "function," but George B. Cox doesn't care a snap for these petty details. What George wants to hear is a description of the inuguration razor and pocket knife. It might be cheaper for the taxpayers in the end if the present state Capitol at Columbus should catch fire Und burn down like the Pennsylvania capl-tol, instead of being patched up from year to year at a cost of a million or two, as proposed by the bill passed by the legislature last year. The Lancaster Eagle publishes the program for the next Lancaster Assem bly and Camp meeting and says that "His Majesty, Governor Bushnell, will he there." Others beside MarkHanna will enter a protest against that word "Majesty." In Ohio we don't have any -nis majesty Dusmess even with a little m. -The late Senator Nichols, of St. Clairsville, introduced the law that bears his name, but since the supreme court of the United States has held that the law is good, up jumps Tommy McDougall, of Cincinnati, 'ani claims all the honor of authorship. It isn't a case of "Tommy come tickle me," but of "Tommy.tickles himself." A GOOD many Ohio politicians are in a state of mind just now. If they favor Hanna and McKinley, they will incur the eternal enmity of Foraker, Bushnell and Cox and that means their name is Dennis as far as Ohio pickings are concerned. But if they favor For aker, et al., they end their chances for federal appointments. Men and breth ren, the situation is undoubtedly distressing.We can sympathize with the Times Recorder for jumping on Jones and giving him a good trouncing, for Jones is the fellow who turned down the Mc-Bride libel law last year because he had a grudge against newspapers. ' But we cannot help remembering that when Jones was a Republican candi date for lieutenant-governor the Tunes Recorder held him up as the greatest : and best man on earth and thought that we poor fellows who opposed his election were, ex necessitate rei, not only disloyal to the government but outcasts and pilgarilcs. The Boston Herald has an elaborate editorial on "How to topend Money." The people out this way, however, would be more interested in an editor ial telling them bow to earn money. . . Zanesville . Signal. Up this way it is neither a question of how to Bpend money nor how to earn money' for .many worklngmen, who heard so much last fall about purchasing power of wages being cut in two by restoring silver as standard money. What many of them want to know is ' when and where they will have a chance to earn as much money as they formerly were paid for their leibor.Mantfleltl Shield The Upper Sanduakv f.Tife. th true blue Democratic paper of Wyandot county, is one of the brightest little dailies in the state and deserves the active support not onlv of its partv friends, but of, all the enterprising business men of that community. TH8 bills to prevent corrupt prac tices at elections is meeting with vio lent opposition from certain Republi cans in the West Virginia legislature. Naturally. Looking at the legislators and then at Steve Elkins, every person will repeat the word "naturally." The New York Board of Health has passed a resolution declaring pulmonary tuberculosis a communicable disease, and placing cases of consumption under sanitary rules and regulations to prevent its spread. This marks a long stride in the progress of sanitation. Foxy old John Sherman said on the Boor of the senate chamber that he did not believe the public idea that saloons existed in the capitol was justified. Oh, no: certainly not. John has lived in the capitol for over forty years and if such a thing as a bar existed there he would know, if anybody. i Hanna may not be able to run Foraker, Bushnell and Cox, but don't make sport of Mm and tease him for all that. He la still running the G. O. P. and when the new president enters the White house and the new congress assembles he will crack his whip loud enough to let everybody know who is the ringmaster. Wouldn't tomorrow morning be an excellent time for the T, R, to re-print those interviews with Zanesville citizens fayoring Mark Hanna, the labor crusher, for United States senator? The arti cle would make good Sunday reading for the late interviewed would have a tendency to make them feel solemn and sombre, and, mayhap, might bring them to the stool of repentance. Subscribers of Republican papers are begining to rebel against the scheme of the editors to cut out all news relating to tho business condition of the country. They think they are entitled to this service, in-as-much-as the prin cipal news of the past two months has related to mammoth buf iness collap&s. They think if they are compelled to buy Democratic newspapers in order to get the news, they might as well drop the Republican organ altogether. A prominent Republican of the western part of Licking county, save the Advocate, remarked to a Democrat the other day: "Well, Brvan was elected." "How's that?" remarked the Democrat. "Why, haven't you seen it in the newspapers that Bryan is elected?" "No; I don't believe I noticed that," replied the Democrat. "Wasn't it predicted that if Bryan were elected there would be failures and business disasters all over- the country?.. .It's come, and Bryan must have 'been elected." All our country friends should come to town Thursday and Friday, if they want to see the greatest show on earth the meeting of the Republican league clubs admission free. Neither Bar-num, nor Bailey, nor Forepaugii, nor old Dan Rice himself could conceive an entertainment more grotesquely funny than this one in which Forakerand Cox will hug and kiss McKinley and Sherman, and Bushnell will fall all over Mark Hanna. tt will be touching to witness how these brethren love one another. The Guernsey Tinm, the Republican organ of old Guernsey, speaks rather lightly of the nomination of Congressman Van Voorhis for United States senator. It says: "Our old friend Cooley has evolved a candidate tor senator to meet the exigencies of the time and political turmoil, to allay the troubled waters and calm the storm, in Congressman Henry Clay Van Voorhis, of Zanesville. The Times Recorder savs, to avoid levity, that the Noble County Republican really means this suggestion of an announcement to take the place of Mark Hanna, Governor Foster, General Grosvenor, General Jones and such, but promptly declines for Mr. Van Voorhis anything like an entertainment of the proposition." Secretary of State Kinney states that the total amount of property placed on the tax duplicates in the counties of the state last year through the efforts of tax inquisitors was $11,968,; 965.20. The amount of taxes realized on this was $327,859.78, and the total compensation to the Inquisitors for services was $64,993.78. One half of the counties in the state has no inquisitors, and therefore it is safe to assume that these counties escaped paying about $327,800 taxes that are legally due The inquisitor law should be rigidly enforced in every county, or should be repealed. It is unfair to offer a prem ium for tax dodgers in half the counties and hunt them down like criminals in the other half. The Cincinnati Enquirer makes the very timely and truthful remark that the farmers are the men who need at tention. That they have not been per manently benefited by previous high tariffs is shown by the fact that their incomes are cut down to the lowest notch and their farms mortgaged Where are the wealthy farmers? How many Ohio agriculturists can be accounted rich by the standard oi wuaitn in the cities? It is the manufacturing, mercantile and speculative elements that have been able to bridge over the hard times without being pinched or "hard up, Under stimulation they were enabled to make money rapidly and lay up a store for a rainy day. They can "shutdown" their establishments, leaving an army of employes to do the best tney can, but live in luxury themselves. The farmer, though, as well as the men who work in mills and factories, comes to a standstill with nothing to signify ahead How shall we reach the case of the farmers, the mechanics and the work lngmen? Can we accomplish anything for them by simply stimulating manu facture by raising the duty on Imports and advancing the price of goods "to those who have nothing to pay with? Can this be of enduring benefit, even tome manuiacturersr ZA Hanna admits that It is all "off" with him so far as the senatorship is concerned. But probably McKinley will try to spite the Foraker-Bushnel! people by giving Marky, old boy. some soft-snap office. This was what brought Mark down to Canton, posthaste, yesterday. He feems a trifle anxious, for a Warwick. There is the smell of war down in Nelronville. The term of the present postmaster expires in April and the candidates have been hot on the trail of the office ever since the election. The fight finally narrowed down to two candidates, Mr. L. Scott, an old veteran, who served his country well throughout the late war, and James Shepard, a young man who is manager of one of the stores of that city. The Athens Journal says that the old sol diers, patrons of the office, asked recognition and they had every reason to expect that one who had so frequent ly expressed himself as friendly to the soldier and to his wishes, as had General Grosvenor, would grant their request. Delegation afte delegation of soldiers and prominent business men visited General Grosvenor before his recent return to Washington, in the interest of the soldier candidate. The General, sniffing the battle from afar, tried t postpone action until after the coming spring primaries, but they would not have it so. They demanded a selection upon the merits of their candidate and upon their rightful claims upon the Republican pa-ty, regardless of what effect the selection might have upon the chances of certain candidates at the comincr spriner pri maries. Forced to the wall the "Big General" has made his selection and Mr. Scott, the tried and true veteran, is turned down and Mr. Shepard, the boy who has never rendered the party any services, will receive the appointment. The members of the G. A. R. at Nel-sonville, many of whom belonged to General Grosvenor's regiment, are rightfully indignant at the selection. Thus is the love of the Republican party for the old soldier again made manifest. SIAM NEEDS A LICKIII'. Gross Outrage to an American Citizen. OUE VICE CONSUL IS ATTACKED, Surrounded by an . Anery Crowd of Siamese Soldiers Who Attacked Him With the Butt End of Their Guns Some Even Cocked Their Loaded Rifles Cause of the Present Complications. New "Vork, Feb. 5. The World prints the following details of the at tack made upon Vice Consul General Kellett by Siamese soldiers, which has resulted in complications between Siam and IfteTrmtedTSiates: BANGKOK, Siam, Dec,"23T ATStxer from Chiengmae, 500 miles from here, in northern Siam dated November 22, says that place was then in a state of wild excitement over an attack three days before on Mr. Kellett, the United States vice consul, temporarily located there on business connected with the settlement of the Cheek estate. Mr. Kellett sent the consular clerk, Nal Sye, a very intelligent and trust worthy native, to the postoffice about 7 p. m. November 19, with letters. Nal Sye carried an ordinary walking stick, while a servant carried a lantern. No sooner had the two servants ar rived opposite the barracks than i al Sye was roughly accosted by some Siamese soldiers, seized and taken into the barracks. The offense for which the clerk was arrested was that of carrying a stick in alleged contravention of local laws. The consular cleric protested and called attention to the fact that he was a consular servant, and that his stick was a small, ordinary walking cane. These appeals were disregarded. Mr. zurcner, or Bent & uo.. who is on a business trip into the North, was passing the barracks and heard uncomplimentary remarks about the "con-soon Americain." Mr. Zurcher was on his way to dine with Mr. Kellett and the Rev. Wm. Harris. Scarcely had dinner begun when the servant who carried the lantern arrived and told of the arrest of Nal Sye. Messrs. Kellett, Harris and Zurcher immediately went bacKtothe barracks, wnere air. Kenett demanded to know the cause of the arrest, and asked that the man be set at liberty, and that his cane should be returned to him. He was rudely refused, when all the party walked out, followed by Nal Sye. a lew yards irom the station the party was surrounded by an anerv crowd of Siamese soldiers, some of whom without parley or the least warning attacked Mr. Kellett with the butt end of their guns, while others brought their bayonets to the "charge" ana cocsea tneir loaded rifles. Mr. Kellett stood with his back to a wall, doing what he could to defend himself. But seeing the hopelessness oi tne situation ana tearing bloodshed ne retired as oest ne could, accompanied by Messrs. Harris and Zurcher. These gentlemen had not been threat ened or attacked, the soldiers devoting an tneir energies to Air. fieiiett. JNal Sye was carried back to orison. amid great reioiciner and filthv ex pressions of contempt directed against tne "farangi" in general ana the "con-soon Americain" in particular. Later in the evening the Siamese commissioner ordered Nal Sye released, and sent a servant to inquire after Mr. Keilett's injuries. Mr. Kellett returned word to the commissioner that before receiving instructions from Minister Barrett at Bangkok he could enter upon no negotiations with regard to the insult and injury to him. No motive for the attack is known, but it is surmised that the long pending Cheek case has stirred up native animosity in the north, and that in this instance it was vented upon the American vice consul. FRAUDULENT BOOKS, Pretending That Bryan is the Authur, are Enjoined From Publication. Chicago, Feb. 5. The "Bryan book" injunction was disposed of by Judge Horton yesterday in favor of V W. ts. uoiceyoj uo. The court Issued a restraining order against the Hubbard Publishing company and the : Dominion Publishing company, preventing them from publishing any book which would tend to show by its apoearance that the author of it is W. J. Bryan or eonvevine that impression. Th nnupt. held that the manner in which the de fendants bad prepared the title page of "The Great Battle for Free Silver" tended to deceive the nuhlln into ho. lleving that Mr. Bryan was the author ui we world N ESVILIiE, OHIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1897. FRESH LOUDON NEWS. How the World Wags in the Greatest City. ME. WOLOOTT'S ERRATIC ERRAND The D I Hon-H paly Squabbles Excite Contempt London to be Fortified Against Inraaion Retirement of Pauncefote Sanitary Conference on the Bnbonie Plague Socialists Will Have a Demonstration.London, Feb, 6. The effect of Sen-; ator Wolcott's mission in the interests of bimetallism will only be known after his return to Washington from Europe. The active bimetal'Ists in parliament whom Mr. Wolcott has seen hold that the initiative for a nominal international conference should be taken by the United States government and that the conference should meet in Washington. The leaders of the British Bimetallic TinloC have been in communication with the' chiefs of the German league who would approve the Initial American actios. The British government would undoubtedly send representatives to Washington. The Idea of a fresh conference at Brussels finds no favor in English monetary circles. The last conference held there was "botched." It is feared that if another were held there it would have a precedent in futility which would not "pertain to a Washington conference. The Dillon-Healy squabbles continue to excite tha contempt ofConservatives and Liberals alike. The balance of opinion among the Liberals, blames Mr. Dillon, Mr. Blake and Mr. Davitt as having indiscreetly handled the Healyite trouble, especially as regards the resolution touching the payment of poor members of the party. Mere onlookers whose sympathies are with Ireland and home rule, concur as to the utter absurdity of these brawls at a time when the whole Irish fighting force should be concentrated on forcing the financial questions to wards satisfactory solution London Is to be fortified against possible invasion by forces landing on the southern coast. Tbe plan of fort works dates as far back as the time of the Duke of Wellington, but has been revived by Lord Wolsey and other military authorities and adapted to the changes of modern warfare. The military works bill provide? for the construction of a chain of fort works from the southern Downs to the Heights on the south of London, on which the Crystal palace is a conspicuous object. The scheme includes barracks and other military works. The cost, which will be something formidable for the treasury to face, will be met by advances from the consolidated fund, to be repaid by installments extending over twenty years. - The retirement of Sir Julian Pauncefote from the Washington embaRsv and rrom the diplomatic- service win v Itnlrg r'T-i- itil thn Vrtrfimf inn arbi tration reaches a more definite shape. and the last possible difficulties in the way of acceptance of the general arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States are over. The removal of Sir Philip .Currie from the British embassy at Constantinople at an early period is -certain. It is no secret that Lord Salisbury is dissatisfied with Sir Philip and that the cabinet would concur in his transfer to some other post. A highly placed prominent official of the foreign office told a United Associated Presses reporter today that the Currie difficulty had been under consideration for -some time. If a social envoy were sent, as proposed, to assist to place him in the enormously important diplomatic struggle at Constantinople, Sir Philip would resign and retire. Lord Salisbury has a warm personal regard for him dating back to the time when Sir Philip was permanent secretary of the foreign office. He wishes htm to continue in the diplomatic service, but it is difficult to replace him after he has held a leading ambassadorship. The sanitary conference on the bubonic plague which opens at Venice next Friday will not find the British government in agreement with a majority of the delegates as to the necessity of international precautions to prevent the extension of the plague. The British government has done nothing yet to check its possible appearance in Great Britain beyond ordering that all ports having traffic with India be visited by special sanitary inspectors. No measures of quarantine have been taken and goods can generally be exported from Bombay and Kurachee without hindrance or inspection. Relying upon the climatic condition of England, which are supposed to be unfavorable to a plague epidemic, the British authorities do not in tbe least share in the European scare. The attitude to be taken by the English delegates to the conference can be forecasted from several official utterances here. It will be summed up in contending that the measures to check the spread of the epidemic in India are perfect as can be, and that the best protection against the epidemic afflicting tiurope will be greater attention to cleanliness at the ports and among the people of Europe. Put plainly, the English delegatas will say: "Your quarantine proposals are useless. Get clean and plague will not attack you." The notorious state of Italian towns, dirty habits of the people, the Ulthiness oi iiussians, and the defects of sanitarv conditions in Russian, Austrian and even French centers as compared with tne tungusn will give point to the Ene iish contention. : Spasmodic sanitary efforts were made at the time of the last choleric visitation in Germany, Italy and other continental countries, uub move men tne international regulations have been generally ignored. The council of the Socialist Democratic federation are arranging a popular demonstration over the Indian famine funds scandals. There really seems to be a consnlracv of silencn on the part of the leading London papers icpmuiug tun misappropriation or tne vast sum. estimated at 17,000,000 sterl ing:, raised bv additional taxation in India to provide for the inevitable recurring famines. A circular issued by the bocialist council points out that this famine fund was started on the hypothesis that very ten years 15,-000,000 sterling would be required to relieve a famine; that the population of India has increased in the last ten years by 30, 000,000; that the huge sum of suu,ouo,oou rupees is now paid annually to English officials, mllitarv and civil ian; that the appreciation of gold and the depreciation of silver, with the stoppage of the coining of silver at the mints have involved the population in common ruin, ana that English greed ana misruie is tne cause oi the famines The queen, through her private sec retary, air Aiirea m ergs, has written to the mayor of Sheffield announcing her Intention to open the town ball there sin person in Mav next. This fact should disprove the wild rumors about the physical and mental proa- urauua ui uar majesty. POME FRICTION Between arson and Keno Over the Location for the Bi Fight. Caksox, Nev., Feb. 6. Considerable friction is being engenered over the riva ry between Carson and Reno as the nlaea far t.h hitr firrt. Tfcn rw. ' - son people weretf'ie ones who engineered the scheme ofSoyly and the bill was passsed f& the understanding that the capital was the spot to be selected. The Reno people fought the proposition tooth and nail. Their preachers pronounced against it from the pulpit and numerous nntitinna van oinn there against the bill. Now tbat the uiu it) passea iteno is more than anxious tO nrnfir, hv le (rial nn looming that the principals declined to fight at au aiiiituue oi o,wv reet, are now insisting on Carson and vowing that any de-Dartnre from thAnrlo-tnul m-niri-am win result in the repeal of the bill. xne sentiment hare is that there is no necossity of Siuart fooling about for a valuable franchise from Nevada and it has practically - cost him nothing. He can, therefore, well afford to pull intention, and monkeying with bids trom nvai towns is nicely to prove dangerous. - now being raised really emanated from some lODoytsts wno want Stuart to "come to the center" a little more, and thpv hftvA fitai-tjaH trio t.m,Klu fn PanA Whatever friction now exists will be all over when Btuart arrives, and he will reach here Sunday or Monday. A day or two later the place of the meeting will be given to the press. Mr. Cook, an agent for Corbett, has reached Steamboat Springs and aaade arrangement!) fnr Pnr)wtt. m nnma t)wn and train. THREE KILLED n a Bandit's Bald on an Indian Agmcf. . GrrrwRTip.. flit: T TVV, K & nnn.Af hand i La at.tAmntArl is i-a.rl t.Via DtAnaA - . vw Qinfio and government offices at Sac and ; Fox . i . . a ..... a . . geuuy, weunesaay, ana tnree men-, including OflnArftl Thnmaa. tha Tnrllwn agent, were shot and killed. The same report is prevalent at Shawnee, the nearest telegraph station to the agency, but no definite particulars can be obtained. General Thomas is from Atlanta, ua.. . OHIO MURDER TRIALS. Keister Found Guilty at Ash-land, Ohio. EVAKS ACQUITTED AT NEWARK. Two Celebrated Cases That Have Attracted Widespread Attention Verdict Against Keister of First Degree MurderEvans, Who Shot and Killed a Neighbor Who Was Engaged in a Charivari at Bis Daughter's Wedding, Mas Been Set Free. ASHLAND, O., Feb. 6. The Keister murder case went to -the jury at 7.30 o'clock last night and at 4 o'clock this morning returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. Elias Keister, on Bhot and instantly killed Horace Stearnes, a wealthy citizen of Perry-ville, while the latter was passing Keister's house, The trouble arose from a law suit. Evans Acquitted. Newark, O., Feb. 6. After deliber ating three hours and forty minutes the jury which tried P. Bryon Evans, the Utica blacksmith, for murder, returned a verdict of acquittal at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The court room was packed, and when Clerk Ewing read the result a mighty shout of ap probation went up from the crowd. First thanking his attorneys, ex- Judge S. M. Hunter and B. G. Smythe, Mr. Evans walked to the jury box and shook hands with each juryman. Six ballots were taken, the first one stand ing nine for acquittal and three for second degree murder. The fifth bal lot stood eleven for acquittal and one manslaughter. Jivans was tried for shootins James Arrington, who was a member of the crowd that "horned" his daughter up on ner marriage to wiiiiamLiayton in Utica last June. The case lasted fifteen days, and Involves $3,500. There were lw witnesses. FATALLY BURNED. Young Girl's Clothing Ignites While Working About a Kitchen Bange. New Stkaitsville. O . Feb. 5. Miss Lucy, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Edwards, was fatally burned yesterday while removing some meat from the range. Her clothing caught fire and so badly frightened her that she ran out of the house and was so badly burned before assistance could be rendered that she died from the effects of her injuries. JOHN L-'S BILL Will Probably Be Paid By His .- Friends. Boston, Feb, 5. The "poor debtor ease against John L. Sullivan, post poned until today, win probably never come to trial, as it is said his friends will settle the suit out of court. The trouble grew out of a florist's bill for Vdou which John L. owed, and when pressed for payment applied for the poor aeotor's oatn. A HIGH HONOR. Bryan Receives an Unanimous Invitation From the Oklahoma Legislature. Guthrie. O. T.. Feb. 5. The lee-is- lature has unanimously adopted a reso lution inviting wm. J. Bryan toad-dress tbe assembly in joint session on the initiative and referendum bill re cently introduced. An unfavorable report was presented on the woman suf frage bill. Lively limes In Mangnm. Gutrhie, O. T., Feb. 5. Indications of serious trouble at Mangum, Greer county, are apparent. A bill recently passed caused a grand rush and every lot not occupied by buildings was "junipeu-- ana is Deing neia down by men with Winchesters and Bix shooters. while the original claimants who laid out the town under the laws of Texas are malting ugly threats. Heavy Express Bobbery. St. Louis, Feb. 5. A special from Durango, Mexico, says two bars of refine i silver, valued at 910,000 were stolen yesterday from the office of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express office in that city, Employes claim that they were stolen while the office was closed. There is o clue to the robbers. Senator .George's Condition. Washington, Feb. 6 Senator CvfiorffA'a nhvalolana nmnAnnM kn. f. . r wwvumiv iiuuir patient so much improved thai he is BAueurou kw wavtt iur ni nome in Mississippi next week. Ill A DRENCHING RAIN Major McKinley Took the Train For Wooster, - WHEEE HE MET MBS, M'KINLEY On Her Way Home From Chicago Bis A ppearance at Wooster Was Planned as a Surprise to Hi ft Ife Returned to Canton This Afternoon Sherman Has No Idea of reclining Cabinet Honors. Canton, O., Feb. 6. Major Mc Kinley left home in a drenching raid at 10:30 this morning and took the westbound train for Woos ter, a point about thirty miles from here, where he will meet the Chicago train to which is attached a private car in which Mrs. McKinley accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Barber, and Cap tain H. G. HeiBtand, are returning to Canton. Major McKinley 's appearance at Wooster was planned as a surprise for his wife and she will know nothing of it till he enters her car. Mr. and Mrs. McKinlev reached Can- ton at half past one, and she enjoyed excellent health while in Chicago, and was much benefitted by her trip. Neither Major or Mrs. McKinley ex pect to leave Canton until they set out for Washington on the evening of March 1st. Mr. Pruden. theexecutive clerk, who has been for many years at the White House, called on Major McKinley this morning and had a talk with him and with Private Secretary Porter. The rumor that Senator Sherman thinks of declining to go into Major McKinley's cabinet and that he will remain in the senate, is said upon excellent authority, to be without foundation.Major McKinley and Mr. Sherman are on the best of terms and are exchanging letters frequently upon matters of business and policy connected witn tne next administration. Word has iust reached Canton from Judge Goff that he cannot enter McKinley's cabinet. ROMAN ORGIES Outrivaled by Recent Doings in New York Society. New York, Feb. 5. A London cable to the Journal says that Mr. La- bouchere has the following to say in today's issue of Truth: "No one is a heartier admirer of Americans than I am, but If they were to be judged by New York's society a more corrupt and contemptible crew never played their pranks before high heaven. In the main, New York society seems to be composed of very rich men who are desirous of parodying the worst features of the exclusives in European capitals. They compete with each other in contests of ostentation, and the man who can spend the most money at an entertainment is deemed for the nonce to be the leader. "Judging from revelations that have been disclosed at a recent trial the New York jeunesse dorce is not satisfied with aping European society in his vulgarest aspects; if seems to go back to the orgies that di.-graced Rome under the rule of the vilest of its em perors." ANXiOUSL v Ex-President Harrison's Family Awaiting an Important Event. Indianapolis, Tnd., Feb. 5. Mrs. Parker, the only sister of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, has arrived at the North Delaware street mansion, to remain until after an important event, which may not be delayed many more days. Mrs. Barmuth, a trained nurse who attended Mr9. McKee in 1888, when Baby Mc-Kee became a member of the Harrison homestead, is also in constant attendance. Mrs. Harrison's general health is excellent, and her physical condition is superb. Both Mrs. Harrison and the ex-president take daily walks in the vicinity of their home, and it is remarked that the general never appeared in better health. It may be said that his finances were never more prosperous, as he recently paid 833.000 cash for a business block on North Pennsylvania street. t MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS-Excitement at the Opening of the Greek Chamber of Deputies. ATWKNS. Vpih. ThA flnnr anrl o-al. leries. of the chamber of deputies were fillArl with mamrlAra nrtrl anarrtalAo when that body was called to order today and intense excitement pie vailed. C 13 . ..... n -. , ooverai ueputies at onceouered resolutions ral lint n tinn t.ha ffAvai-nmont actively intervene in Crete without de- in uiucr mail lurmer massacres OI christians in that island might be prevented.Hpfimiftf rialvannlo MnllaH t.haf V.a foreign office had received dispatches confirming the - renorta ; that. the city of Canea was in flames and that manv hfiatio.na iliam had been killed and assured the chamber that the government would do their duty In the matter. "FIGHTING" JO SHELBY. The Noted Confederate General Dying at His Home in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 6. General Jo Shelby, "Fighting Jo," the noted confederate general and United States marshal for the western district of Missouri, is said to be dying on his farm near Adrian, Mo. He has been suffering some days with pneumonia, which has developed into typho-pneumonia fever and late last night his condition became critical. Doctors have been summoned from Kansas City and the brothers of the general have gone to his bedside. He was major general in the confederate service during the rebellion. ELOPING COUPLE Caught in Indianapolis and Fined From Columbus, Ohio. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 6. Jacob RnmiftV and Mn Trio, nnffmon eloping couple from Columbus, Ohio, were arresteu nere tooay on an affidavit sworn out by the husband of the woman. They were neighbors in Columbus and left tbat city together a few days ago. They were fined this morn-ing, before a justice of the peace. The woman paid her fine but Komick went to jail, Huffman, In court, refused to take his wife back. THROUGH THE HEART. A Village Clerk Commits Snicide When Discovered Short in Hi Accounts. Allegan, Mich., Feb. 6. Edward J. Wagner, village clerk, shot- himself through the heart at 7:30 o'clock this morning in his office. He used a shot gun, tying a string to the trigger. Wagner was short in his acoounts with the village and was under surveillance. He was also finance keeper for the local lodge of the A. O. U. W., and he is also said to be short in his accounts with that order. Engineer Hurt. Corning, O., Feb. 5. Two light engines on the Toledo and Ohio Central collided one and one half miles north of here yesterday seriously injuring Engineer Burns. THE BAD LITTLE BOY. His 8ad Sunday School Experience and the Warning He Gave. This is a story of a touph young street rab who had been induced to attend the mission Sunilay school. He was taken up to the front seat, and beyond kicking his neighbors on either side, pulling the hair of a little girl as she stood np to rocita and expectorating at a cockroach which was hastening across the floor he had behaved fairly well. Finally, in order to get some sort of an idea of what the boy knew, the iweet faced girl teacher asked him tt he had ever heard of God. "Sit." "Dearme, has no one ever talked of God with you?" "G'wan, now! Itoldyerno." "How many gods are there?" It was a chance, and he took it, hoping to make a lucky guess. "Two," he snarled, and the other children tittered. "Oh, no, little boy; you are wrong," said the teacher. "Well, den, dere's four." The children laughed aloud, and the teacher looked stern. She started to oorrect his impression when he let forth such a torrent of profanity that every one was horrified. He engaged in combat with the nearest boy for laughing at him, and the result was that he was finally put out of the building somewhat the worse for the encounter. Progressing up the street, he met a good little, boy who was on his way to the mission. "Say, kid, w'ere yer goln?" he asked. "To the mission Sunday school," faltered the good boy as he tried to pass. "Jest ans'er me dis one question: How many gods is dey?" : "One," responded the good hoy. "Oh, say, yer are easy. Take me advice an go home. I went up against dat game, an I told dem dere was four, an dey beat me nearly to deaf an trnn me out. If yer go up dere wit' only yer little one, dey won't do a t'ing to yer but kill yer- Take me advice, pard, an go home. I've been up ag'in dat game, an dere's nottia la it See?" Chicago Times-Herald THE WRONG GIRL. She Besented His Insisting Upon Going Out Between the Acts. It did not take place In the city of Washington, because no man in Washington leaves a lady alone while he goes out between the sots at a theater unless it be his wife, and, of course, that doesn't count. But it did occur, and the man in the case was perhaps SO, the girl S3, and tbe theater was one in which the melodrama has its home. The girl was pretty, and there was that kind of a jaw hedging the lower part of her rosy cheeks that ougnt to have been a hint to tbe young man. The young man was a very fair sample of the average chap who makes 11,200 to f 1,600 a year. . Between them and the aisle sat a big man of 50 with his wife and two daughters, and the big man had a voice bigger than he waa When tbe curtain Went down on the first act, there was a slight scrap between the couple, which ended in the young man not going out between tbe first and second acts because tbe wait was short and he hadn't time to argue. The girl's cheeks were redder than before when the curtain went np, and the set of hei jaw was firmer. . At the next fall of the curtain there was a slight scrap again, which ended this time in the young man dragging himself over four people and leaving the girl to sit alone until be was read; to come back to her. Two minutes later the girl dragged her self after him, over tbe same four people. But she stopped in the aisle long enough to sav orretbice..to the big man with the nvo qaugntwrs. xuen ene msappearea. --It was a long wait, and just as1 the curtain started up tbe young man hurried down the aisle, and was about todrag himself over four people when the big man called his attention to the vacancy which had occurred during his absence. The young man's jaw dropped, and be actually grew red in the face. The big man handed him a ring with a bright little diamond glistening in it. "She gave me that and told me to give it to you, " he said, with a menace in his tone as he looked over at his own girls, "and she said if yon ever came to her house again or spoke to ber her father would thrash you as you deserved. " Tbe young man was paralyzed. "And I want to say," added 'the big party, "that if the old man ain't able to do it, be can call on me." Then he let the young man go, and the way he went was a caution to a flying machine. Washington Star. A CAUTIOUS WIDDER. 6he Wauled to Be Hospitable, but She Also Wanted Jim. Dark had just settled over the Ozark when the writer rode np to a shanty and dismounting rapped on the door. A woman soon made her appearance and in a harsh voioe asked what was wanted. "Can I get lodgings for the night, ma'am?" "Who be ye?" "A traveler on his way to JonesvUle." "All alone?" "Yes." "Bide up a leetle clnsser and lemme see what sort of a lookin critter yo' are. Might be better, and might be wuss. At' ye a married man?" "Tes'm." "That settles itt Stranger, I don't think I kin take ye in." "Is your husband away?" "I'm a widder with three children, sir. It's five miles to the next shanty, and it'B a dork night and goin to rain purty soon, but a woman has got to look out fur herself out yere." "Why, ma'am, I hope you are not afraid of me?" I protested. , "Not the least mite, stranger, nor of any other human critter on legs. This ar the sitnashun : Jim Conover has bin spark-In me fur three months. This is one of his nights fur coruin. He may pop, and he may not, but if he finds a stranger in the house he may marry the Widder Jones. I'm a-doin my best to git him, and I don't want no accident to happen." "Couldn't you stow me away In the garret?""Hain't got no garret, sir." "Only two rooms in the house?" "That's all. Even if ye was asleep ye might git to snorin, and Jim would be steered off. Ye kin see the fix, stranger?" "Yes, and I will ride on. I shouldn't want to come between you and, your chance." "That's good of ye, sir. I want to show hospitality, and yit I want to git another husband. See?" "I do. Give me a light for my pipe, and I will go on, and if I meet Jim I'll" "Jest say that ye stopped at the Widder Jenner'a to ask the way, and that ye wonder why 40 differei i men hain't crazy to marry her. That's it Ye know yer gait, and now scoot before Jim shows up." Detroit Free Press. He Could. Mr, Boresome Can I see Miss Meanlt-all? Is she in? Servant No, sir. Mr. Boresome Why, I can see he at the window. Servant (desperately) Oh, well. If you oan see ber, I suppose you can sea her. New York Journal. Lasting Joy. Perry Patettic Tbey say one of them champagne drunks will Inst a man three or four day on one night's drlnkin. Wayworn Watson Them plutocrats always does have tbe best of it, don't they? Cincinnati Enquirer. A Useful Bala. "They say it oalms tha mind to let tha eye rest on the distent horiaon." "That's a fact. When I see a man to whom I owe money, It always quiets me to look steadily Into tho distanoe' . Chloaco Baoord. FIRST EDITION. mxmm Absolutely ; Pure Celebrated for its (Treat leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food asrainst alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. BOYAL BAKING POW-DEK CO.. NLW YOKK. DOWN AH EMBAHKMEHT Went This Baltimore and Ohio Freight Train, E3TGIBEEB AND FIEEMAH KILLED, The Former Instantly and the Latter Brine Four Hours Later While One Train Was Trying to Make a Biding- Another Dashed Around a Short Curve and Ploughed Into the Bear of the First. Parkersburg, W. Va.. Feb. 6. A freight train on the B. & O. railroad was wrecked at Davisville, eight miles east of here, this morning. John Richardson, engineer, of Parkersburg, was instantly killed, and Fireman Hughltt was so badly hurt that he died While another freieht train was trv. ing to make a siding the second one on wmcn Hicnardson and Husrhitt warn. came around a short curve and plough ed into the rear end of the first train. The engine jumped the track and went aown an embankment. Live Stock Markets. ; : - Union Stock Vjhtm Tlia pvk e Cattle receipts 400; market steady! Fair to best beeves, 3.70(i4 75; stock- era Bna 'ieeoers. j.zaias-i.z : mirsrt cows and bulls. tl.70f)it-i nn- Tor.. nogs uoceipts 14,000; estimated for Mondav 37.000: murtrpt stparl $3.15; mixed and butchers, $3.253.45; neavy pacKing ana snipping, I3.20((? $3.45; pigs 83.203.50.' Sheep Receipts, 4,000; market steady. Native, 82. 50(3!$4 00: western, 3.25$3.85; lambs, $3.50S5.00. r least Liberty. East Liberty, Pa., Feb. 6. Cattle Steady; prime $4.75$4.0; feeders 83.60$4.00; bulls, stags and cows $2.00 $3.60. Hogs Active: sales 5c higher; prime medium $3.70$3.75; pigs and best Yorkers $3 65fe$3.70; heavy $3.45fd $3.55; rough $3.25$3.35. Sheen Aftier ;OH-j!ii eJ-ouSi-lu; prime natives $4.1iJia44.2o; common. K2.5ni7Sfta9.n- nkni $5.00$5.20; veal calves $6.O0$6.5O. ' British Steamer Lost. Lisbon, Feb. 5. The British steamer Onega inpassing Peniche, Portugal, today signalled that the Rritlfih RtAAmaf Clit.w nt A srM rA-s- Lyaereen, bound from Liverpool for Calcutta, had been lost at sea and that her caotain was im hnnrrl tha rtr.n. No mention was made of the City of niru-e. lue vjity oi Agra was an iron screw steamer of 3,274 gross ton-naere. She waa hnilf. t. Riurn.. 1879 and was owned bv tha- nit ! (G. Smith & Sons) of Glasgow. ouo i n AncsviL.LE Sick People Personals Had Their Pic ture "Took" Purchased Property. N. J. C. Bo war ville to visit his son, Professor Bowers. A number from hni-A attonrlori h. funeral of Colonel H. D. Munson. at -7 : 1 - mi i ' Muravuuj, iiiursuay aiternoon. Messrs. Walte Ttnarara ..j.tH Gilkison were in Zanesville Friday. iiss Aiue Moiiiniey, of Byesville, is the truest of Samuel Lncran and fan.. . ily. Miss Bessie Williams and Maud Nel son, of Deavertown, are visiting at George Conn's. : ihe Kohler spoke factor v Is doing a lartre business. Thevshi daily. " Mrs. Estella Gaylord was called to McConnelsvilln a fnw count of the serious illness nf hAi hna. band. r - .f . rT- WAAflnn is rmmA fa V-t h.vuu uuiu a yusi ness trip to McConnelsville. , Miss Ida Warns, nf thn nary, visited her parents here Thursday.Mrs. Lena Duesen berry spent Wednesday with Zanesville friends. Fred Dugan has accepted a position at Kemp's drug store, on Putnam avenue, in Zanesville. Mrs. Dickerson. of Zannoviiia t,a. purchased the Friend -' property, on Shawnee avenue. She will move hem before long. Charlnv F.i-.hnlrmi-r-ir wifa anA ter, May, are the guests of McDonald 11 1CUU8. ': J Thn ar.hnol fihilriron Viom k.J it,.i. - - v 4l UilC nr photographs taken Wiiiniai Zanesville artist. M. B. Fisher is able to be on d,,, a?ain at Kimble's hnnt ' wnnri after a serious Illness. John Roberts and B. A. Warne are making some extensive repairs at F. S. Carne's store building. J. L. Sumers waa calling on friends here Thursday. Mrs. trans Taylor is quite ill of pneumonia. . PMILO. The tittle Polks Have a Party moved to Cambridge Visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Silaa Pllrla i . -wi lied quite a number of little folks last iuursuaj evening m conor of their-son Ed par's ninth hirthriav a enjoyable evening was spent by the little ones. Refreshments were served. iiss matua nenaereon, a teacher in the boys' Industrial school at Lancaster, visited relatives hnra . vui Ul.ur day until Monday. -. wincneu nas moved to Cambridge.Henry Krier has returned from Zanesville, where he has been em- iuyou iur uie past jew months. Miss Marv TtasK. nf 7..3.ni. . . - - unuoovA.xo, returned to her home Monday, after a "jut iruiuus cere. J. J. Kaaanil has K&i. :... past week. He is yet unable to be at Mrs. MrKinley Starts Home. Chicago, Feb, 6. Mrs. Wm. McKinley left for her home last night. Captain Heistand came from Canton yesterday to escort her home. Accompanied by Mrs. Baker, her sister, and Captain Heistand, Mrs. McKinlev left over the Pennsylvania road. A private car had been assigned to the use of the Prt.